Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł

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Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (January 3, 1809 – January 2, 1873) was a Polish nobleman and Prussian military officer and politician. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the Kingdom of Prussia, where he was a member of the Prussian parliament (later, of the Prussian House of Lords). He attained the rank of general within the Prussian Army.

His father, Prince Anton Radziwiłł, was also the Duke-Governor (Polish: książę-namiestnik, German: Statthalter) of the Grand Duchy of Poznań, an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Prussia. His mother was Princess Louise of Prussia, and through her, he was a cousin of William I, German Emperor, and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. He was the father of Edmund Radziwiłł and Ferdynand Radziwiłł.

Radziwiłł was born in Königsberg and died in Berlin.